Current environmental and energy concerns have led to lignin gaining increased attention in the last decade as a renewable biomass. Due to its structural and functional properties, such as antimicrobial behaviour, biodegradability, biocompatibility and ease of surface modifications, ligninbased materials have gained popularity in the biomedical field with applications ranging from tissue engineering scaffolds andwound dressing materials to drug delivery carriers. Using this book, the reader will learn about the chemistry of lignin, and thecharacterization, fabrication and properties of ligninbased composites with different matrices (thermosets, thermoplastics, elastomers etc.). In addition, the book illustrates how these materials are used in medical applications, covering drug delivery, wound dressing, tissue engineering, imaging, etc. Providing a neat overview of the current research for the biomaterials science community, this book is a onestop resource for researchers and practitioners working on ligninbased biomaterials. For those active in the broader fields of materials science and biomedical engineering, this will be a useful reference and study aid.

Binding: Hardback;290 pages; Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry; Classification: MQW; Weight: 718 g; Dimensions: 234 x 156 x 18

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